The Republic of Universal State Formula is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.166 billion citizens of Universal State Formula are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City Prime. The average income tax rate is 96.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Universal State Formula economy, worth a remarkable 1,661 trillion Standard Monetary Units a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 524,806 Standard Monetary Units, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,153,962 per year while the poor average 84,421, a ratio of 25.5 to 1.

Policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', it's always rabbit season, it is common to see Maxémon Trainer listed on Universal State Formula resumés, and children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet. Crime is totally unknown. Universal State Formula's national animal is the Leviathan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Universal State Formula is ranked 206^th in the world and 6^th in The North Pacific for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 2.15 million Standard Monetary Units.